Orthodontic Assistant

Job Locations
US-TX-Duncanville

ID

2018-8475

# of Openings

1

Category

Operations

Default: Practice : Practice

Duncanville Dental Care

Overview

Purpose: The Orthodontia Assistant’s primary responsibility is to contribute to the Orthodontia department’s financial success by building and maintaining successful working relationships with doctor and patients to provide quality patient orthodontia care and service.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

Provide outstanding customer service for the patient; make the patient the #1 priority; excellent chair side manner.

Assist the doctor with all orthodontic procedures including but not limited to:

take directions from doctor

anticipate doctor’s needs

perform patient oral evaluations

take, develop and mount accurate and high quality x-rays

various laboratory duties including efficiently making quality provisionals

Lead by example; exercise good team work; have mutual respect for team; partner with team to create an exceptional experience for patient.

Maintain flow of doctor’s schedule

Perform efficient and accurate procedures to maintain a smooth flow of patients throughout the day; create “no patient wait time;” maintain time flexibility for patient; be present, engaged, ready to work at all assigned shift times.

Review patient chart prior to doctor arrival and log appropriate patient data during exam and treatment as well as transcribe doctor notes in patient chart

Maintain patient confidentiality through HIPAA compliance

Follow OSHA and company safety policies and procedures

Promote and market DentalOne Partners’ services, retail products and doctors to patients as well as educate patients and address their questions and/or concerns

Partner with doctors, Operations Leaders and support staff to maintain excellent patient service and integrity within the organization